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10 Tooba | Applied Research on the Built Environment
About the organization
10 Tooba works on applied research, where a continuous loop of lessons learned from the ground informs our analysis, and our research informs our applications. We produce knowledge on housing and the built environment in Egypt with a focus on issues such as affordability, urban upgrading, urban history, public space, services and transport. Common threads that cut through our main topics are social justice, sustainability, informality, climate change, urban design & management practices and appropriate technology. Our research takes the shape of strategies, essays, in-depth reports, and visualizations,covering: Policy analysis, Social assessment, Mapping and data visualization.
About the library
10 Tooba’s library includes a collection of hundreds of books, academic papers, reports, manuals, official datasets, lectures, toolboxes, and laws. These documents have been collected as resources for 10 Tooba’s researches, along the past 10 years or working on various intersections with the built environment, and focus on social, spatial, and climate justices in urban planning, housing and public spaces. The library also offers a collection of maps and photos for Cairo and other cities in Egypt.
Mansour For Architecture and Conservation
+201227467393
7A el-Edfawy street – Roxy – Heliopolis – Cairo
ahmedmansoureg@yahoo.com
About the organization
Mansour office for Architecture and Conservation was established in 2019 out of desire for architecture design and heritage conservation through applying best practices and accommodating local needs and interests. Mansour Office focuses on urban conservation through analyses of international policies concerning preservation of tangible and intangible heritage, and its accommodating these policies to the local context. The office has participated in a number of urban studies and projects and in this context has produced recommendations for official bodies and decision-makers.
About the library
This library consists mainly of works related to art, conservation, urbanism, and architecture.
Megawra | Built Environment Collective
+01067021656
2 Darb Al-Shaykh Khalil, Off Al-Saliba Street, Al-Khalifa, Cairo
info@megawra.com
https://www.megawra.com
About the organization
MEGAWRA is an architectural hub, a space for young students and architects that is also coming to the public. It is a platform for holistic debate on the field of architecture and urbanism with a focus on it as art, theory, praxis and cultural heritage and its role in promoting sustainability and social responsibility in the built environment.
About the library
Megawra’s library has over 1000 books mostly on architecture, urbanism and art. This library was mostly made possible by the loan and donation of books from individuals and organizations. This is in addition to a collection of architectural magazines and periodicals with fairly comprehensive collections of local publications such as ‘Alam al-Bina’, Medina and Magaz. Our most recent acquisition was over 30 books on building types made possible by a grant from the Young Arab Theatre Fund. Library opening hours: 10:00 am – 16:00 pm. Closed on Friday and Saturday. By appointment between Sunday to Thursday, for appointments call: 01067021656